Conference of Colleges

STC03/45(interim)

CONFERENCE OF COLLEGES

SENIOR TUTORS’ COMMITTEE

REGISTER OF APPROVED PAYMENTS

DRAFT 5 MICHAELMAS TERM 2003

(Interim Version)

The rates have been calculated by applying a 3.44% increase across the board. They will have to be corrected when the final decision on the pay award is made, but it will not be less than the 3.44% already offered.

MICHAELMAS TERM 2003

SENIOR TUTORS’ COMMITTEE

STANDARD TUITION RATES

Number TotalTotal Each EachWeight

in Group per term per hour per term per hourfactor

1 / 161.52 / 20.19 / 161.52 / 20.19 / 1
2 / 201.92 / 25.24 / 100.96 / 12.62 / 1.25
3 / 242.4 / 30.3 / 80.8 / 10.1 / 1.50
4 / 256.96 / 32.12 / 64.24 / 8.03 / 1.59
5 / 271.2 / 33.9 / 54.24 / 6.78 / 1.68
6 / 286.08 / 35.76 / 47.68 / 5.96 / 1.77
7 / 300.16 / 37.52 / 42.88 / 5.36 / 1.86
8 / 316.8 / 39.6 / 39.6 / 4.95 / 1.96
9 / 331.2 / 41.4 / 36.8 / 4.6 / 2.05
10 / 345.6 / 43.2 / 34.56 / 4.32 / 2.14
11 / 359.92 / 44.99 / 32.72 / 4.09 / 2.23
12 / 374.4 / 46.8 / 31.2 / 3.9 / 2.32
13 / 388.96 / 48.62 / 29.92 / 3.74 / 2.41
14 / 404.32 / 50.54 / 28.88 / 3.61 / 2.50
15 / 418.8 / 52.35 / 27.92 / 3.49 / 2.59
thereafter / 9.69 / 1.21 / 0.06
Per person

Collections

/ Returning / tuition rate
Setting / 7.08
Marking / 10.11

Invigilation

/ 3-hour paper / 27.91
7.55 / per hour

Admissions interviewing

/ 20.19 / per hour
(at single tuition rate)

Payment for setting collection papers is due only when the papers have had to be devised, set and marked specially for the occasion. One fee is due for each paper set however many pupils sit the collection. This year’s Register is the first to include the weight factor. This is used to calculate the rates shown in the individual entries in the table; all calculations are based upon the single tutorial rate.

MICHAELMAS TERM 2003

SENIOR TUTORS’ COMMITTEE

HIGHER TUITION RATES

Number TotalTotal Each Each

in Group per term per hour per term per hour

1 / 161.52 / 20.19 / 161.52 / 20.19
2 / 201.92 / 25.24 / 100.96 / 12.62
3 / 242.4 / 30.3 / 80.8 / 10.1
4 / 277.76 / 34.72 / 69.44 / 8.68
5 / 314.8 / 39.35 / 62.96 / 7.87
6 / 348.96 / 43.62 / 58.16 / 7.27
7 / 384.16 / 48.02 / 54.88 / 6.86
8 / 426.24 / 53.28 / 53.28 / 6.66
9 / 465.12 / 58.14 / 51.68 / 6.46
10 / 500.8 / 62.6 / 50.08 / 6.26
11 / 535.92 / 66.99 / 48.72 / 6.09
12 / 572.16 / 71.52 / 47.68 / 5.96
13 / 609.44 / 76.18 / 46.88 / 5.86
14 / 644 / 80.5 / 46 / 5.75
15 / 678 / 84.75 / 45.2 / 5.65
thereafter / 36.74 / 4.59
per person

College teaching

Class teaching should be paid at the higher rate only if substantial marking is involved (i.e. at least one script per student per session).

Class teaching organised by departments and faculties

The higher rate can only be claimed for classes specifically included in the Register of Approved Payments issued by the Senior Tutors’ Committee in each Michaelmas Term (see page 5). Formal application for inclusion should be made to the Administrator of the Conference of Colleges, preferably at the beginning of the previous Trinity Term. Applications by departments and faculties for payment at the higher rate must meet the following criteria:

Classes should involve substantial marking (i.e. at least one script per student per session).
Departments and faculties should have an internal procedure for the organisation of such classes which has the following features:

(i) Course co-ordinators or the like with departmental responsibility for the selection, monitoring and (if needed) training of teachers for such classes (especially where teachers are not established University post-holders);

(ii) Attendance registers should be kept and any absence reported immediately to the College concerned;

(iii) A full system of sending reports on both academic work and attendance for individual students (several sentences rather than one word) and invoices to Colleges, including key facts about the classes (name of teacher, hours given, number in group). Reports should arrive by the beginning of week 8 of each term so that they can be discussed by students and College tutors before the end of term.

Colleges will be asked to confirm that the criteria are being met; reports of failure to comply will result in removal from the Register.

MICHAELMAS TERM 2003

SENIOR TUTORS’ COMMITTEE

ULNTF TUITION RATES

Number TotalTotal Each Each Weight

in Group per term per hour per term per hourfactor

1 / 392.24 / 49.03 / 392.24 / 49.03 / 1
2 / 490.24 / 61.28 / 245.12 / 30.64 / 1.25
3 / 588.48 / 73.56 / 196.16 / 24.52 / 1.50
4 / 623.68 / 77.96 / 155.92 / 19.49 / 1.59
5 / 658.8 / 82.35 / 131.76 / 16.47 / 1.68
6 / 694.08 / 86.76 / 115.68 / 14.46 / 1.77
7 / 729.68 / 91.21 / 104.24 / 13.03 / 1.86
8 / 768.64 / 96.08 / 96.08 / 12.01 / 1.96
9 / 804.24 / 100.53 / 89.36 / 11.17 / 2.05
10 / 839.2 / 104.9 / 83.92 / 10.49 / 2.14
11 / 874.72 / 109.34 / 79.52 / 9.94 / 2.23
12 / 910.08 / 113.76 / 75.84 / 9.48 / 2.32
13 / 945.36 / 118.17 / 72.72 / 9.09 / 2.41
14 / 981.12 / 122.64 / 70.08 / 8.76 / 2.50
15 / 1016.4 / 127.05 / 67.76 / 8.47 / 2.59
Thereafter
per person / 22.83 / 2.85 / 0.06

Collections

/ Standard rate
Invigilation / Standard rate
Admissions interviewing / Standard rate

The rates are based on a buy-out rate of £1167.63 per annualised hour (this buy-out rate includes NI and USS).

The column labelled “stint weight” is a guide to calculating weighted hours and is for use by the University in deciding whether a ULNTF is up to stint. The weights reflect the payment scales (thus, for example, a ULNTF with a 6–hour stint could count 3 hours per week of classes of size 8 as satisfying the requirements).

MICHAELMAS TERM 2003

SENIOR TUTORS' COMMITTEE

REGISTER OF APPROVED PAYMENTS FOR PARTICULAR CASES

A Higher Rate

Biochemistry

Problem classes in physical chemistry for first year biochemists: 12 sessions in classes of 7 – 10

First-year biological Chemistry Classes

Elementary Mathematics Classes

Biological Sciences

Second-Year Tutorial Classes in Evolution & Systematics

Third-Year Classes in Environmental Biology

Chemistry

Quantum chemistry classes

Chemistry and Metallurgy

Mathematics Classes

Computation

Classes marked by the tutor

Economics

Classes for the paper ‘Decisions within the Firm’

Economics and Management (including Materials, Economics and Management)

First-year classes

FHS classes in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics and Statistics

Management StudiesCourse 3 group tutorials in Accounting and Finance

Engineering, Economics and Management

Management StudiesCourse 3 group tutorials in Accounting and Finance

Engineering and Joint Schools

Class teaching for B and C Engineering papers

Human Sciences

Second-Year Human Ecology class marking

Third-Year Paper 10 Health and Disease classes

Mathematics

Mathematics Education option classes during HT (see B Special Arrangements)

Materials and Earth Sciences

Mathematics classes

Materials, Economics and Management

Management StudiesCourse 3 group tutorials in Accounting and Finance

Modern History

FHS General History Paper XVII

Modern Languages

Prose classes

Phonetics classes

Physical Sciences

First-Year Classes.

B Special Arrangements

Biochemistry

Part II Project Supervision: paid in total as 12 single tutorials at the standard rate.

Biological Sciences

Project Supervision is paid in total as 8 single tutorials at the standard rate.

Second-Year Tutorial Classes: blocks of four classes are paid at the standard rate.

Supervision of required final-year course assignment: paid as 1.5 single tutorials at the standard rate.

Chemistry and Metallurgy

Part II Supervision is paid as 8 single tutorials per term at the standard rate.

Classical Archaeology and Ancient History

Classes with two tutors are paid at 1.5 times the higher rate, to be divided between them.

Computation

Classes with a tutor and a separate marker given to students reading Mathematics, Mathematics & Computation and Computation are paid at £58.41 per student per term for a series of at least seven 1-hour §c classes (less than seven pro rata) and £50.09 per student per term for a series of at least six 1-hour §b classes (less than four pro rata); classes marked by tutors should be paid at the normal higher rate; classes without marking should be paid at the standard rate

Project supervision isequivalent to 6 tutorials at the standard rate

Economics

Centrally organised classes for the options papers are paid at the standard rate for a group of 3 (currently £80.80 per student per term), irrespective of the number in the class or the number of hours taught, with additional payment for collections.

Engineering and Joint Schools

Third-year project supervision is paid as for 16 hours per student at the higher rate for a class of six.

Fourth-year project supervision is paid as 8 single tutorials at the standard rate in each of MT and HT (16 in the year)

English

Non-post holders: class teaching for Paper 7, Special Authors, and for syndicated options for Paper 8, Special Topics, is paid at the higher rate for four students (currently £8.68 per student per hour) multiplied by the number of students and by the number of classes (see Modern History and English below)

Joint post holders: class teaching for (i) Paper 7 is counted as 50% against college stint, 50% against University stint; (ii) Paper 8 is counted as 100% against University stint (see Modern History and English below)

Fine Art

The Ruskin School is paid at the cost of 12 single tutorials per term at the standard rate (currently £242.28)

Geography

The School of Geography provides support for dissertations and receives payment from colleges participating in the scheme at the rate of one hour at the single tutorial rate (currently £20.19) for each third-year Geography student resident in the Michaelmas Term

Human Sciences

Supervision of the required final-year Long Essay is paid at no more than 4 single tutorials at the standard rate

Law

Tuition for the BCL is paid for at undergraduate rates.

Literae Humaniores

Elementary language classes for Mods IB, IC, IIA and IIB are paid at the standard rate for a class of 15 (currently £3.49) per student per hour x 40 hours per term ( currently £139.60 per student per term)

Mods Intercollegiate Language Classes (MILC): (i) syntax classes are paid at the rate for a class of 10 x 8 hours per student per term (currently £34.56 per student per term); (ii) reading classes at half that rate (currently £17.28 per student per term)

Mathematics

Intercollegiate classes with a tutor and a separate marker given to students reading Mathematics, Mathematics & Computation and Computation are paid at £58.41 per student per term for a series of at least seven 1-hour §c classes (less than seven pro rata) and £50.09 per student per term for a series of at least six 1-hour §b classes (less than four pro rata); classes marked by tutors should be paid at the normal higher rate; classes without marking should be paid at the standard rate

Classes with more than 12 students are paid at 1.4 times the higher rate, each class being counted as 1 hour

Mathematics Education option classes are paid at the higher rate for 8 hours of HT classes and at the standard rate for 6 hrs of TT classes

Mathematics & Computation

Project supervision isequivalent to 6 tutorials at the standard rate.

Mathematics & Philosophy

Mods logic classes are paid as for intercollegiate classes in mathematics except where the tutor’s services count against University teaching obligation, in which case the classes are free to colleges.

Modern History & English

Non-post holders: the 8 interfaculty 1½ hour classes are paid at the higher rate for four students (currently £62.96per student), see English (above)

Post holders: the 8 interfaculty 1½ hour classes count as 4 hours of University teaching and 8 hours of college teaching, see English (above)

Modern Languages

Supervision of extended essays Is paid at a rate equivalent to 4 tutorial hours

Portuguese and Spanish classes are paid at 1.5 times the higher rate when two tutors are present, to be divided between the two tutors

Oriental Studies

Elementary language tuition is paid at 124% of the standard rate

Philosophy and Physics

Physics

The approved rate intercollegiate classes is £33.44 per student for each option of four classes in each term (normally two options for three terms)

Physiological Sciences

Supervisors ofFHS Dissertations are paid as for 6 single tutorials at the standard rate.

Politics

A supervised dissertation for PPE is equivalent to 8 tutorials or classes per term at the standard rate

Psychology

FHS Dissertations are paid as for 4 single tutorials at the standard rate (currently £80.76).

Theology

Sociology of religion classes: paid at £64.61 per student per term.

GRANTS FOR UNDERGRADUATES

Chinese and Japanese Study Tours: these take place in the Trinity Term of the Second Year for students reading Chinese, and the Trinity Term of the First Year for those reading Japanese. Payment is split between the Faculty and the College and the per capita cost to the College is typically of the order of £450 – £500.

Fine Art: an equipment grant of up to £375.29 p.a. and a one-off grant of up to £253.13 to cover expenses of mounting the degree show may be claimed.

Music: grants to be paid each term to undergraduates for music lessons/travel paid at the single tutorial rate up to a maximum of 8 tutorials (currently £161.52).

Grants for extended terms: these are normally paid according to the following guidelines;

(i)Students with examinations during the vacation are eligible for vacation grants.

(ii)The grant covers the price of meals at the standard rate in the student’s college.

(iii)Free accommodation is provided for a student who is accommodated in college.

INVIGILATION

Invigilation by non-examiners paid at the rate of £27.91 for each three-hour examination session.

LANGUAGE TUITION

Students doing courses which are part of the Oxfrod University Programme in Languages (OPAL) receive a grant of 50% of the fee.

Students doing faculty organised language classes which are extra curricular (i.e. neither compulsory nor for supplementary subjects) receive a grant of 50% of the fee.
2003 SENIOR TUTORS’ COMMITTEE

RECOMMENDED SCALE FOR FULL-TIME STIPENDIARY LECTURERS

At the meeting in Trinity Term 1996, Senior Tutors’ Committee agreed (minute 15) to recommend a scale based on the University Junior Lecturer (A05) scale, with one point created below it (see

The current rates are given below.

The new rates for Stipendiary Lecturers will be applied in parallel with full-time University employees: they will be implemented as soon as the pay settlement has been agreed and backdated accordingly.

For convenience the terms and conditions suggested are given again.

Guidelines recommended are:

1. An increase of one scale point may be made on account of added responsibility, especially where organisation of teaching is involved.

2. A further scale point should be available to take account of the experience of the person appointed.

3. One or two scale points should be available as increments for a second or third year.

4. Benefits: the following are recommended:

a) that USS be offered;

b) that no housing benefits be offered, although colleges may of course wish to provide housing at the expense of the individual lecturer;

c) that dining rights and an entertainment allowance be provided;

d) that such lecturers be given access where possible to research/travel grants, from colleges, at a lower level than Tutorial Fellows.

5. Duties: it is recommended that the scale be based on twelve hours’ teaching per week. Where a slightly smaller stint is regarded as full-time employment, the same stipends apply. Entrance interviewing and similar duties should be covered by the stipend.

1 October 2003

1 / 17839
2 / 18893
3 / 19942
4 / 21010
5 / 21852

SENIOR TUTORS’ COMMITTEE

RECOMMENDED SCALE FOR FIXED-TERM FELLOWS

Stipends: the Committee recommends payment on the scale below, based on Band A of the national university lecturer scale, age-related. The Departmental Lecturer (A09) scale is also based upon the national scale. (

Benefits and duties: the Committee recommends that housing benefits (housing or housing allowance) should normally be provided and that USS should be offered. No recommendations are made as regards other benefits, practice varying considerably. It has been ascertained that eight Colleges provide leave of absence (sometimes in a restricted form) and that five Colleges have made no decision. No College has positively decided not to give leave of absence. So far as duties are concerned, it is reasonable to expect fixed-term fellows to undertake (without extra payment) the normal range of duties undertaken by tutorial fellows, including advanced research.

Stipends

1 October 2002

1 / 21010
2 / 21852
3 / 22954
4 / 24097
5 / 24951
6 / 26327
7 / 27174

Buy-out arrangements between the University and the Colleges

General principles

(i)Where a buy-out is requested, a clear case must be made for the need.

(ii)A buy-out should be regarded as a last resort after the party (i.e. University, College or individual) requesting it has made every attempt to find the time required within its own resources.

(iii)No buy-out can take place without prior agreement of all concerned.

(iv)Proposals should be made by the end of second week of the term preceding the beginning of the buy-out period.

Buy-out rates

An annualised hour refers to 1 hour of tutorial teaching for each of the 24 weeks comprising the academic year.

The lower rate

The lower rate for the academic year 2002-3 is £578 per annualised hour. It is applicable under the following circumstances.

(a)Where a University body buys out time from a College

(i)The time bought out in any given term does not exceed

3 annualised hours for an individual with a teaching stint of 12 hours;
2 annualised hours for an individual with a teaching stint of 6 to 11 hours;
1 annualised hour for an individual with a teaching stint of 5 hours or less.

(ii)The buy-out is not prearranged to exceed 3 consecutive terms (although a buy-out for 3 terms does not preclude a further buy-out).

(iii)The purpose of the buy-out is to provide an equivalent amount of time for graduate teaching, undergraduate teaching or administration on behalf of the University body.

(b)Where a College buys out time from the University

(i)The buy-out period may be for up to 5 years.

(ii)For buy-out purposes

an 8 lecture course is equivalent to 1 annualised hour;
1 annualised hour of demonstrating is equivalent to 1 annualised hour;
supervision of 1 graduate student is equivalent to 1 annualised hour.

The buy-out rate for other obligations is set in a comparable way by informal negotiation.

(iii)The purpose of the buy-out is to enable the person concerned to fill a College office, although, in exceptional circumstances, teaching beyond contractual limits may be included.

Either the College or the University body may have a number of reasons for not agreeing to the lower rate in a particular case, amongst which may be

(iv)the existence of a large number of similar arrangements;

(v)the impossibility of finding satisfactory replacement teaching without incurring financial loss.

It is not acceptable to refuse the lower rate simply for the purpose of making a profit on the teaching arrangements. Insistence on the higher rate carries an obligation to show how the money has been spent.

The higher rate

The higher rate for the academic year 2002-3 is £1733 per annualised hour. It is applicable when the conditions for applying the lower rate are not met because

(i)the buy-out is from College stint and is for more than 3 terms;

(ii)the buy-out is from College stint and is for more than the specified number of hours;